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fishgfish · 02-01-2005, 08:13 PM

Most cichlids do it, some of the time its two males fighting, but I have seen breeding pairs of many different cichlid lock jaws before mating. I read about it in one of my book Fish Behaivior,
it explains that mated pairs of south and central american cichlids test each other. Female will beat the hell out of the male to see if he will be strong enough to protect the babies. At the same time working out the jaws for when she has to remove bad eggs and transfer the batch off fry. So all of you guys out there its hard to be a cichlid husband!!!

02-01-2005, 08:13 PM	#3
fishgfish Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: rochester Posts: 55 User Feedback: (0)	Re: angels kissing? Most cichlids do it, some of the time its two males fighting, but I have seen breeding pairs of many different cichlid lock jaws before mating. I read about it in one of my book Fish Behaivior, it explains that mated pairs of south and central american cichlids test each other. Female will beat the hell out of the male to see if he will be strong enough to protect the babies. At the same time working out the jaws for when she has to remove bad eggs and transfer the batch off fry. So all of you guys out there its hard to be a cichlid husband!!!